prostitute

will you marry me

A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Kyūjitai form of 私生児 (“illegitimate child”)

Rare form of テコンドー (tekondō, “taekwondo”).

arduous is the race against time as one grows old. (literally "as the sun goes down, the road remains a long one.")

Kyūjitai form of 道徳経 (“Tao Te Ching”)

Wide-Area Administration: a proposed plan to merge prefectures to create new local administrative divisions.

Kyūjitai form of 合気道 (“aikido”)

(martial arts) Jeet Kune Do